NEW DELHI: A gunfight broke out between police and a 26-year-old man accused of killing a 21-year-old Delhi University student in west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar, after police intercepted him while trying to apprehend him on Friday, officials said.
Imran, who worked as a gym trainer, had been absconding since allegedly stabbing the woman to death at her apartment on August 26. More than 15 police teams had been formed to trace him. Imran had known the woman for around 18 months, according to police.
Imran fired four rounds at the police personnel, who retaliated by firing seven rounds, according to police. Acting on a tip-off, teams of the Special Staff and Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) laid a trap to apprehend him,” a senior police officer told news agency PTI. The accused, Aqib alias Imran, was subsequently arrested after sustaining three bullet injuries to his leg. He was injured in the exchange of fire and taken into custody. “Following the incident, barricades and checkpoints were put up across the district, and teams were deployed to trace him. Imran kept changing his hideouts. He first met her at the gym where he worked as a trainer. The woman’s house help found her lying injured on the second floor of the building and informed her family, following which police were called.